Dales Trails

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Dales Trails - Walking in Northern EnglandFrom East Yorkshire's Wolds and Derbyshire's Peak District to the North Yorkshire Moors and Pennines, you will find the valleys among the rolling hills, the limestone scars, the gritstone ridges universally known as 'Dales'. This vast area provides some of the best & most varied walking opportunities in the country. Dales Trails gives you some ideas how to explore Yorkshire and other parts of Northern England on foot, and find hidden delights off the beaten track. You can follow one of my medium distance Trans-Dales Trails, try one of my day walks as featured in 'Walking with Underwood' , or join one of the two Walking Clubs featured below.**************************************************************************************Walks PhotographsLinks to my walks photos are being compiled in the 'Photo Albums'page on this websiteClick this Photo Albums link Photo AlbumsThere will still be the photo album link via Facebook after each walk.However if you are not signed up to Facebook you can still see the albums of my most recent walks by following these links:OCTOBER'Google photos - 4th Oct Millington & Kilnwick Percy''Google photos - 11th Oct Hutton-le-Hole & Shepherd's Nab''Google photos - 18th Oct Hovingham & Nunnington''Google photos - 25th Oct Around Goathland via Hazel Head'NOVEMBER'Google photos - 1st Nov Helmsley to Riccal Dale''Google photos - 8th Nov Wharram-le-Street''Google photos - 15th Nov Warter''Google photos - 22nd Nov Falling Foss Adventure''Google photos - 29th Nov Amotherby in the Mist'DECEMBER'Google photos - 6th Dec Watton & Kilnwick''Google photos - 13th Dec Huggate''Google photos - 20th Dec Fridaythorpe & Fairy Dale' FIVE YEARS AGOWith all Club Walks cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, I have dipped into the archives to feature walks from Five Years Ago'Google photos - Five Years Ago: 1st Nov 2015 Wharram Percy & Burdale''Google photos - Five Years Ago: 8th Nov 2015 Cloughton & Harwood Dale''Google photos - Five Years Ago: 15th Nov 2015 Watton & KIlnwick''Google photos - Five Years Ago: 22nd Nov 2015 Millington'Five Years Ago: 29th Nov 2015, being the '5th Sunday'of the month, there was no Scheduled Club Walk'Google photos - Five Years Ago: 6th Dec 2015 Nunburnholme''Google photos - Five Years Ago: 13th Dec 2015 Rudston Xmas Walk''Google photos - Five Years Ago: 20th Dec 2015 North Dalton'**************************************************************************************WALKS REPORTSThe activities of Hornsea and Leven Walking Clubs are reported on regularly in the monthly Hornsea Community News and the quarterly 'Leven Life'.For those who do not receive these publications copies of previous Walks Reports will be avialabe as PDF Downloads here.(Note: complete copies of back issues of Hornsea Community News can be downloaded from its website)To download a HCN or Leven Life Walks Report click on the relevent link:HCN Walks Report September 2019HCN Walks Report October 2019HCN Walks Report June 2020Leven Life Walks Report August 2020HCN Walks Report September 2020**NEW** Leven Life Walks Report December 2020**************************************************************************************DATES FOR YOUR DIARYUPDATED - 21st Dec 2020, 11.00amCORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC - RESTRICTIONSThe HDWC Committee has cancelled all group walks and social activities until further notice.This follows the Government orders to avoid all unnecessary social contact. Members online Zoom meetings continue on Sundays at 7.00pm.However fresh air and gentle exercise can do a world of good for your mental and physical health.************************************** * DECEMBER COVID-19 LOCKDOWN - TIER 3 RESTRICTIONS FROM DEC 3rd *HULL & EAST YORKSHIRE are currently in SEVERE TIER 3For example • DO NOT meet anyone from outside your household or support bubble inside or outdoors in private gardens.• DO NOT travel outside your area (eg from Hull & East Yorkshire Tier 3 into North Yorkshire Tier 2) except for essential work, medical, etc reasons. The RAMBLERS have instructed their member NOT to travel out of Tier 3 areas.• HOWEVER it appears that the GROUP OF 6 rule (Whilst maintaining Social Distancing) for meeting OUTDOORS (in Public Parks, Countryside etc) is allowed.• If you must travel from Tier 3 to Tier 2 areas, YOUR TIER 3 RESTRICTIONS TRAVEL WITH YOU. Eg You CANNOT travel to a Tier 2 area to visit a Pub or Restaurant. • More details may appear in due course.**************************************************************************************CLUB WALKS COMING SOON - ALL CANCELLED******HORNSEA DISTRICT WALKING CLUBLEVEN WALKING CLUB******Due to continuing Covid-19 restrictions there will not be any scheduled Club walks until further notice**************************************************************************************FLASHBACKDarnholm 2017 by Arnold Underwood, Darnholm 1937 by Judges LtdFred Judge (1872 - 1950) born in Wakefield, but moved to Sussex where he set up his photography business in 1902, producing an extensive range of picture postcards.The one of Darnholm dates from the mid-1930s and is postmarked 1937 on the reverse.Since 1984 Judges Postcards Ltd has continued in business, under new ownership.**************************************************************************************Tog 24 Outlet Store, Hornsea Freeport.*** HORNSEA FACTORY-CLEARANCE STORE *** Open Daily from 10.30amMembers of Hornsea and Leven Walking Clubs can take advantage of some wonderful bargainsTog 24 is a Yorkshire Company, established in 1958, specialising in Outdoor & Leisure wear.***********************************HUGGATE'S BEST-KEPT SECRETRachel's Walnut Cottage Tea RoomTearoom Garden - For Tea, Coffee, Homemade Cakes & SconesAlso Pick-up and DeliveryCURRENTLY CLOSED DUE TO COVID-19 TIER 3 RESTRICTIONSSee FACEBOOK 'Hobsons in Huggate' **************************************************************************************DALES TRAILSNew walks will be added regularly to give a selection of walks for you to experience England's Landscape at its finest. See Walking with Underwood. FEATURE WALK - MILLINGTON & GIVENDALE* Please bear in mind the current COVID-19 restrictions regarding social distancing when encountering other walkers*East Yorkshire WoldsParking near Millington Church. Can be congested - use another start/finish point for this walk. This walk takes you over the wolds down to the hamlet of Givendale with the little St Ethelburga's church in a picturesque setting.Continuing towards Grimthorpe Wood there are views over the Vale of York before returningto Millington by way of field paths and minor roads (6½ miles) This link below opens my photo album for this walk and provides a pictorial guide of the route:'Google photos - Millington & Givendale' THE WALK GUIDE/ALBUM INCLUDES A ROUTE MAPREPRODUCED WITH PERMISSION OF ORDNANCE SURVEY Please do not print the route maps - purchase the relevant OS Map (Explorer 294) or subscribe to the OS Maps website 'OS Maps Online'**********************************************************************************************DALES TRAILS - WALKS REPORTSBOGTROTTER'S BLOG - NOVEMBER 2020With the COVID-19 Pandamic still showing little signs of easy the Government announcing another nationwide 'lockdown' for November. This meant you could only meet up with one other person, outside of your household or 'bubble', and journeys should be kept short. Me and Caroline were therefore still able to meet on Sundays for our walks, but where we travelled to was determined more by the weather than the Pandemic!Sunday Nov 1stThe forecast suggested a 'window' in the wet and windy weather for today, so I arranged to meet Caroline in Helmsley for a walk via Ash Dale and Riccal Dale, for the autumn colours (hoping the wind hadn't blown all the leaves off the trees). It was still wet and windy in Helmsley and I thought I might have got wrong, so kitted out for the worst we set off past the new housing developments and across fields towards Ash Dale. Only 15 mins into the walk and the clouds began to clear giving way to blue skies. Sheltered from the wind in Ash Dale, it became quite warm. At the top of the Dale we turned to cross open farmland to the village of Carlton, where we discovered that little church of St Aiden is a 'Holiday Let'. Out of the woods it was windy, but we soon turned into the shelter of the woods bordering Riccal Dale. In these woods the footpath makes a very steep descent into the dale, and after all the rain I was concerned that it might be very slippery so I had spotted an alternative track that made a long gradual descent into the dale. Unfortunately this 'safer' option added about a mile to our route! In Riccal Dale we came across a tree trunk that made a convenient seat for our lunch stop in the sunshine. After lunch we continued down the dale, with glimpses of the River Riccal through trees below us and took a right fork to climb out of the dale. On the top there were good views across the wooded dale towards Pockley Rigg. We passed the semi-derelict Rea Garth Farm with its Monkey Puzzle tree, and continued along the track to Reagarth Farm. There we took the re-routed path behind the barns downhill with Helmsley at last coming into view, about a mile away. The skies had by now clouded over, and just as we got back to our cars we felt the first spots of rain - good timing! We had walked 9 miles, a little more than planned due to my diversion, but back in time to collect some beer from the Helmsley Brewery before heading home.Sunday Nov 8thThe Covid-19 pandemic continues to create world-wide havoc. In England 'Lockdown 2' came into force on Nov 5th, with tighter restrictions. However for exercise you are permitted to travel a 'short' distance and meet one other person, not from your household. So I arranged to meet Caroline at Wharram-le-Street for a walk that linked parts of other walks we had done. The weather forecast suggest the fog of the past few days would clear, but there might light rain with an easterly breeze. The fog did not clear and nor was there any rain. So we didn't get much in the way of views, but we didn't get wet either. Our route took us along the road to Duggleby and then up onto the Wolds at High Mowforth. We passed a lake on the way up to High Mowthorpe, something you don't get on the Wolds. It was populated by various ducks, geese, coots and a swan. On the top we passed the large farm at High Mowthorpe, which is home to ADAS Agricultural & Environmental Research Centre which supports a small village of 'council-type houses' for employees. Past this we crossed the featureless Duggleby Wold, made even more so by the fog and mist. We joined the road and took a coffee break on some logs before continuing to Settrington Beacon where we met up with Yorkshire Wolds Way. Heading down past High Bellmanear on the Wolds Way we found a tree trunk lying in Screed Plantation on which to sit for our lunch. The murky conditions didn't do just to the autumn tints. Below Wood House Farm we turned off the farm road to keep to the Wolds Way down to cross Whitestone Beck then up the steep hill on the other side. Once across the road it was all downhill to Wharram-le-Street where we diverted via the little church of St Mary's before returning to our cars, having completed a walk of 8½ miles.Sunday Nov 15thWith the forecast showing rain in the morning followed by brighter weather, I opted for a fairly local walk. So at 10 o'clock on an overcast Sunday morning I met Caroline by the pond in the village of Warter. It was drizzling as we set off through Great Dugdale but there were patches of brightness in the sky. It stopped drizzling so Caroline decided to shed her waterproof jacket - within a few minutes dark clouds appeared and it started raining! Waterproofs back on we reached the top of the dale where we were now exposed to quite a strong wind. As we followed bridleways across the Wolds turning left the wind was now behind us across the tops. The clouds dispersed and the sun came through. We passed several plantations, one at Dalton Gates being featured in David Hockney's painting 'Bigger Trees near Warter'. It's a long road at about 450ft above sea level to the white-painted Blanch Farm. Just past the farm at the top of Lavender Dale we found shelter from the wind, but still in the sun, for our lunch break. After lunch we headed down the dale which is access land. This is part of the Warter Estate and there were pheasants everywhere whilst red kites soared overhead. At the lower end of Lavender Dale the footpath turns sharp right up the steep bank and alongside fields, many planted with sweetcorn as shelter for pheasants, with views back towards Blanch Farm and Dalton Gates. Walking into the afternoon sun meant sun-specs would have been useful! The final stretch down into Warter is on the Huggate road which was surprisingly busy with traffic, to complete our walk of about 8 miles.Sunday Nov 22ndWith good weather, sunny & dry but with a chill wind, I arranged to meet Caroline at the parking area on Goathland Moor, where the Whinstone Ridge crosses Pike Hill. The plan was to head east along the track which follows the ridge towards the forest of Newton House Plantation. The Ridge was much quarried in days gone by. Near a boundary stone on a tumulus we spotted our return route coming across the moor from Leas Head, which was reassuring as this route would be mostly new to me! The walking was ok to begin with but as the track descended near to the forest it became progressively more waterlogged requiring continual switching sides to avoid the water. This slowed progress and whilst making one of these deviations I came to grief finishing on my hands and knees, but fortunately avoiding any deep water and bog, and with a soft landing! The track climbed away from the trees and there were glimpses ahead of the sea. Then we forked left past York Cross into the forest. Here we were sheltered from the wind, but with no sun either it was cold with a frost lingering on the ground. We joined a forest road for an easy walk down to May Beck. Having not seen anyone since setting off it was busy here with a full car park and with plenty of families and dog walkers about on the footpaths by May Beck. We followed the Coast to Coast path alongside the beck as far as Midge Hall next to Falling Foss waterfall. The tea-garden wasn't open due to the COVID-19 restrictions but there were a couple of picnic tables outside, ideal for our lunch stop. After lunch we took to Foss Lane which climbed steeply from the bridge over May Beck up to Foss Farm after which it became a wet and squelchy bridle way up to Leas Head Farm. Here we forked left to join a track optimistically called Leas Head Road. This track crosses high sheep pasture, and we were walking directly into the sun and wind. Most of my photos from here onwards are therefore views looking back over May Beck towards the coast. After crossing the sheep pasture the track reaches a gate in the intake wall, beyond which it was back to moorland. The track continues quite clearly across the moor, fording Parsley Beck, and straight on to meet the Whinstone Ridge just down from the Boundary Stone encountered earlier. Interestingly the track was perfectly clear across the moor, but doesn't match up with any rights-of-way on the OS map. From the boundary stone we retraced our steps along the ridge, across the A169, to complete a quite strenuous adventure of about 7½ miles.Sunday Nov 29thThe forecast was for mist and fog, but clearing to give a cloudy, but dry day. I had agreed to meet Caroline in Amotherby a few miles west of Malton, for a walk in the Howardian Hills. Needless to say the fog never really cleared! We set off from Amotherby by way of field paths to Appleton-le-Street negotiating some awkward stiles which were, fortunately, the only stiles on our route. In Appleton we passed the sad sight of the refurbished, then fire-ravaged, Cresswell Arms pub to visit the historic All Saints Church. A long steady climb up Appleton lane through thickening fog brought us to the woods on Coneysthorpe Banks. At least now we couldn't see the fog for the trees! Dropping down towards Coneysthorpe village we were encountering more and more people - families, dog walkers, and proper walkers. When we reached the village green we discovered all the car-parking spaces were taken and cars were parked all along the 'main' road creating hazard to other motorists. Villagers had taken to putting home-made 'residents parking' signs outside their homes. We found a convenient bench by the little church for our lunch break. The towers of Castle Howard were just visible in the mist as we set off across the parkland towards Bog Hall. We visited the little Cemetery which is tucked away in a corner of the park and were sad to see it so neglected. From Bog Hall we headed across towards Easthorpe and up the track to the road by Easthorpe Cottages. The road along the top was busy with fast moving traffic so we opted to take the single track Amotherby Lane, rather than the bridleway a quarter mile along the top road. Unfortunately Amotherby Lane was also quite busy and in places has steep banks on either side. However being single track and fairly straight traffic wasn't fast and could generally be seen coming. So we arrived back in Amotherby at about half-past two having completed about 8 miles in the fog and mist.Links to Photos of these walks can be found at the top of this page or on the Photo Albums page. Click on this link: Photo Albums****************************NEW - PENNINE WAY CONQUERED30 years ago myself and three friends completed the Pennine Way from Edale in Derbyshire to Kirk Yetholm in the Scottish Borders. The document telling the story of that epic adventure has just come to light after being thought lost. Written back in 1990 using a Commodore 64 computer and saved to a long-lost 5¼" floppy disk, this printed draft was the only copy of our story.As I laboriously re-type the document, I will 'serialise' it on this website in 15 chapters, one for each day of or walk.So if you are interested (Days 1 - 8, Edale to Baldersdale), follow this link Pennine Way Conquered Part 1.PENNINE WAY CONQUERED PART 2Enforced 'social distancing' due to the Coronavrus Pandemic has given me the opportunity to complete the upload of the remaining chapters of my Pennine Way adventure, completed almost 30 years ago in May/June 1990.The second half of Pennine Way Conquered (Days 9 - 15, Baldersdale to Kirk Yetholme), can be viewed by following this link Pennine Way Conquered Part 2.**************************************************************************************Dales Trails Photo GalleriesSee my Dales Trails Photo Albums for a photo record of walks by Hornsea and Leven Walking ClubsLinks to recent walks photo albums are shown at the top of this page.**************************************************************************************Welcome to the Trans-Dales Trails These Trails, Trans-Dales Trail 1, Trans-Dales Trail 2 and Trans-Dales Trail 3, are each about sixty miles in length and can be comfortably completed by anyone that is reasonably fit in five days, with four nights Bed & Breakfast accommodation. The routes establish links across the Yorkshire Dales using some of the public rights of way that are less frequently walked.There are three booklets in the Trans-Dale Trail series, each giving a detailed description of the route. Booklets for my three Trans-Dales Trails are now out of print, but all three routes are now available as free PDF file downloads.Go to Trans-Dales Trail 1 , Trans-Dales Trail 2 or Trans-Dales Trail 3 and follow the links.The AuthorArnold Underwood is an experienced walker and a leader of his local walking club. He lives near Beverley and is the East Yorkshire correspondent for Country Walking magazine. He has walked the Ridgeway (1983), the Pennine Way (1990), the Dales Way (1993), and A Bowland - Dales Traverse (1994), the latter two with Peter Tomkinson. He has walked much in the Yorkshire Dales, Moors, and Wolds, including completing the Three Peaks, Lyke Wake, and Saltergate challenge walks - the last two again with PeterTomkinson. Arnold devised the three Trails with the help of Peter Tomkinson, and together they walked each of the routes - Trail 1 in 1995, Trail 2 in 1996, and Trail 3 in 1997.Peter Tomkinson is a former Scout Leader, and as such has done much walking in all terrains and in all conditions. In addition to those walks mentioned above he has also completed the Cleveland Way, Minster Way and the Ebor Way.Leven Walking Club is a long-established club. Members suggestions result in a varied programme of walks on the Yorkshire Wolds, North York Moors and elsewhere. Go to Calendar for walking programme.For further information contact Arnold Underwood on 01964 543883 or 07989 292522.Read Bogtrotter's report in each issue of Leven Life.Since 2017 the Walks Programmes for both Clubs have been fully integrated, with LWC on the 3rd Sunday and HDWC on the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Sundays each monthHornsea District Walking Club is an independent club relying on its members for suggesting and leading the variety of walks. Go to Calendar for walking programme. For further information contact Club Chairperson Joyce Davidson or Walks Secretary Arnold Underwood (07989 292522)Stuart Kemp's report in each issue of the Hornsea Community News.

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